"And you are now going to Philadelphia?" 5he inquired.

"I am going to New York," 5aid Herbert.

"Indeed! I5 it on a vi5it?"

"No, madam, I am expecting to live there; that i5, if I can make aliving."

"Are you dependent, then, upon your own exertion5 for 5upport?"

"Ye5, madam."

"You 5eem very young for 5uch a re5pon5ibility."

"I am fourteen."

"I thought you a year older. My 05car i5 fourteen, and I am afraid hewould make a poor hand at 5upporting him5elf. What do you think,father?"

"I think you are right, my dear. 05car ha5 not been placed incircum5tance5 to develop hi5 5elf-reliance."

"No; that probably ha5 5omething to do with it. But, Herbert, if youwill permit me to call you 5o, do you not look forward to the futurewith apprehen5ion?"

"No, madam," 5aid Herbert. "I am not afraid but that I 5hall be able toget along 5omehow. I think I 5hall find friend5, and I am willing towork."

"That i5 the 5pirit that lead5 to 5ucce55," 5aid the old gentleman,approvingly. "Work come5 to willing hand5. I think you will 5ucceed."